the Constitution of Ireland in 1983, granting the equal right to life to mother and unborn. He was named in the Murphy Report on sexual abuse of children in Dublin; his actions in respect of complaints against priest Fr. McNamee were described in the report as "an example of how, throughout the 1970s, the church authorities were more concerned with the scandal that would be created by revealing Fr McNamee’s abuse rather than any concern for the abused". He also did not act on complaints against other priests who were also subsequently confirmed to be abusers. Archbishop Ryan Park As Archbishop he gave the people of Dublin a public park on a site earmarked by his predecessors for a proposed cathedral; it was named "Archbishop Ryan Park" in his honour. The land, at Merrion Square, was a gift from the Archbishop to the city of Dublin. In January 2010, after Ryan had been criticised in the Murphy Report the previous year, Dublin City Council sought public views on renaming the Park; in 2010 it was renamed Merrion Square Park by the City Council. He also served as Pro-Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 8 April 1984 until his death in Rome, following a heart attack at the age of 60. References External links Biography on catholic-hierarchy.org Pastoral Letter 1980 Article about child abuse 1924 births 1985 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin People from Clondalkin Members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland Ecclesiastical passivity to Catholic sexual abuse cases People educated at Belvedere College Alumni of University College Dublin Alumni of Clonliffe College Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Pontifical Lateran University alumni Alumni of the National University of Ireland Pontifical Biblical Institute alumni